Changing Costs and Characteristics of Operating Motor Carriers: A Case Study of Grain Trucking Firms in North Dakota

The general purpose of this paper was to evaluate the performance and operating characteristics of the motor carrier industry serving North Dakota. Specific objectives are: 1) to evaluate the existing grain motor carrier industry in North Dakota as to operating characteristics and stability; 2) to evaluate the changes in this industry over a 15-year period; and 3) to develop implications for performance and viability in the future.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=27
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60776
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052
• Authors:
  • Casavant, Kenneth L
  • Wilson, Wesley
  • Griffin, Gene C
• Publication Date: 1982-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 16p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Grain; Motor carriers; Trucking
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01790152
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UGPTI Staff Paper No. 24, SP-24
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 1 2021 3:05PM